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1^; HE early Inclination I had to fearch 



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fter PI 



and 



other produdlons 

 in nature, being much fuppreffed 



my 



reading too 



far from L, 



cIo?i, the centre of all Science. I 



deprived of all opportunities and 



IncUnat 



A, 



jeunejfi 



que je fen. 

 rechercker la 



di 



es ma 



des Plantes^ &' des 

 tions de la Nature. 



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p 



due- 

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fee ^ar mon eloignement de Lon 

 ^s. le centre de toutes les Sciences 



ftronger purfuit after thofe things to which ^ ^'''\ P''''^-' P^'^ ^^ ^'^ occafwns, &" des exempks qui 



I was naturally bent. Yet my Curiofity was fuch 



that not being 



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contemplating the Pro 



duds of our own Country, I foon imbibed a paflio 

 nate Defire of viewing as well the Animal as Vege 



plus d'ardt 



/'Ang 



iph 



m exciter a furore mon pa?2chant avec 

 \ Cepe?idant il etoit tel^ que V etude ^ 

 'ion des produBions de la Nature^ que 



fournijfo 



table produdlons in their 

 were flrangers to England. 

 as I had Relations there, 



r 



my Convenience to g 

 of April 





countries ; which 

 tia was the Place* 



fte^ je concus une 



fattsfaifant poin 

 paffio777iee d'' alter 



da?is leurs propres climats les Plantes & les A 



w 



'liich fuited 



m 



oft 



wi 



where I arrived 



th 



3d 



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quj ctoitnt etr angers a ma patrie. La Virg 



le pay 



je p 



all 



le pi 



ode?. 



a 



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I thought then fo little of profe 



'ife de quelques parens que fy avcis : jy arrival Is 



defign of the nature of this Work, that 



the feven years I redded in that country 

 afliamed to own itj I chiefly gratified my in 

 in obferving and ac 

 of thofe Countries ; 



am 



23 ^'Avril 



la a ej2trep 



donne 



Je Jongeois Jt peu daiis ce terns 

 n ouvrage tel que c 



lul 



mirmg 



Prod 



di 



Public^ que pendi 



a?2nees 



ans 



P 



que je 

 que J3 



\y fending from thence fc 



les fept 



a ma hojite que je 

 ipai qua en ohferver &' admirer les produBlons 



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avoue 



dried fpecimcns of pis 



fnccious of them in tubs of 



feme curious friends, amongft whom was Mr. D 



d fome of the mod fi'^^ autre mtentwn que de falls fair e 77ton gout : fe 



queft of leme^tt j 



des plantes deJfecheeSy &^ quelq. 



des plus belles dans des pots, a quelques curleux 



of Br at 



■lift 



h 





a fkilful 



Apothecary and Bo- ae mes amis qui 



P 



Mr, Dale d. 



f 



u 



befid 



o 



fo 



fe 



w 



obfer 





fp 



I fe 



Braintree en la Provmce J'Effex, habile Apotlqualre 



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vs'hich he ^ Botanlfte, etolt de ce 



b 



re ; mals outre d, 



es 



one o 



municated to the late IVilllam Sherard. 

 f the moft celebrated Botanifls of 



D, plantes dejjechees, je lul eiivoyal quelques obfe 



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^ 



6^> 



le pays 



II les comnnmiqua a feu Mr. G 



favoured me with his Fnendfl-^/m on my return Sherard, un des plus fwteuxBotanlftes de ce Siech 



Emla-ndm the Year 171 9 



and 





his 



d 



aavice 



qui me fit Vhonnenr di 



nomhre de fes 



\o 



fcious of my own inabiHty) I ftrft rcfolved 



lorfqueje fzcs de ret our eit A7igleterre e?i 17 



undertaking, lb agreeable to my 



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Ce fut par f on avis que j 



J 



efolus 



de 



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